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Shmulie and Diana (nee Hochman) Weiss (Crown Heights)
Jewish Life Takes Off at Former Airport in Denver Suburbs
Life in Stapleton, Colo., is taking off—and so is the Jewish community in this fledgling town in suburban Denver.
New York Weighs New Help for High Child Care Costs
New York may allow the parents of young children to defer a piece of their state income taxes to help cover the cost of child care.
L’chaim: Ladaev – Nacca
Pictures from the L’chaim of Levi (ben R’ Rachamim) Ladaev (Crown Heights) and Debby Nacca (Buenos Aires, Argentina), which took place in Crown Heights.
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Zalman and Faiga (nee Edelman) Raskin (Melbourne, Australia)
6 Dead, 15 Injured in Israeli Bus Accident
Six people were killed when an Egged bus, line 402, traveling from Jerusalem to Bnei Brak crashed into a truck parked on the side of Highway 1 on Sunday evening.
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Simcha and Yehudis (nee Katz) Cohen (Kingston, PA)
Snow, Sleet and Rain to Hit American Northeast
A grab bag of weather conditions — including snow and sleet — will descend on communities from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, but with many people off for Presidents’ Day it may be just another day to hunker down.
New Engagement!
Levi (ben Berel) Gansbourg (Montreal, Canada) and Prerel Marozow (Seattle, WA)
8:00pm: Female Judges in the Essay Contest
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 103, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Female Judges in the Essay Contest; Self-Esteem; Lying; Criticizing Children Constructively; Reward and Punishment; Pleasure from Other’s Misfortunes.
Couple ‘Framed’ on Drug Charges in Ukrain, Pidyon Shvuim Fund Launched
Arrested on charges of smuggling drugs, a soon-to-married Israeli couple have found themselves in a real-life nightmare after they were arrested in a Ukrainian Airport with two pounds of marijuana in their luggage. Relatives claim that they were framed and have launched a Pidyon Shvuim fund to help cover the legal fees ahead of their trial, which is set for February 25th.
Knesset Speaker and Health Minister Greet Students
The Chairman of the Israeli Knesset, Yuli Edelstein, and the Israeli Minister of Health, Rabbi Yaakov Litzman, welcomed a delegation of European Jewish children belonging to Chabad’s Morasha Educational initiative, who arrived in the Holy Land as part of the institution’s annual Bar and Bat Mitzvah trip.
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Zalmy and Lana (nee Bordy) Schapiro (Philadelphia, PA)
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Yitzchok and Chana (nee Rosenfeld) Frankforter (Atlanta, GA)
Community Gathers to Support G’mach
Delayed due to inclement weather, a sizable crowed turned out Motzai Shabbos for a Melava Malka in support of Gmach Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib.
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Shmuel Aryeh and Bracha Malka (nee Kolodny) Hackner (London, England)
